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Metallurgy At The Webster Two shades of metal at the Webster Theater this month. Faster Pussycat (May 1, $15-$18) is a West Coast glam metal act that's been prancing and yowling for nearly 30 years. In Flames (May 8), a death metal act from Sweden, hasn't been around quite as long but has nonetheless logged 25 years and 11 albums. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the Faster Pussycat show (which had no opening acts announced at press time) and at 4:30 p.m. for the In Flames one, which also features All That Remains, Periphery, Hope Lies Within, One Ton Tommy Gun, In Honor Of, To Die a Legend, This Wretch in Me and Crossing Rubicon. 31 Webster St., Hartford. 860-246-8001,...

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Metallurgy At The Webster
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